1. Asus 99fx CH V - Probably the bext of the 990FX pack as of now
2. AMD 1090T/1100T or take a 555 BE and wait for the Bulldozer
3. On the case you could look for a lot of options, depending on which look you like, but the best for water cooling on a budget would be a HAFX, CM 840 ATCS, Corsair 800D or even a Xigmatek Elysium. For more money, you could look at a TJ11 or a Lian Li case.
4.GPU - 6970 X 2, try and get the ref models as water cooling them would be easier as the blocks are easily available. Also take a look at the MSI Twin frozr models, but I dont know about blocks for them. Any of the cards would be good enough though. If you want to save some money get ref 6950's instead. The difference is not much.
5. 8GB ram, go for a PSC bsed Gskill kit. most of the 2000/2133/2200 kits with 8-9-8, 9-10-9 etc timings should be PSC. You could also go for a Gskill 1600 Mhz CL8 or CL9 kit.
6.For SSD - OCZ vertex 3, Corsair Force GT or the Crucial M3/M4 lineup would work for the best speeds right now.
7.PSU - I like the Seasonic 850 Gold, but that may not take 4 cards. You can look at the 1200 W Corsair or Antec.

Dont know if we even get new floppy drives anymore and you will probably need others to reply for the sound card and BD rom drives.

Ugh, I completely forgot about Bulldozer. I've been so busy with my head down looking at stuff for an SB build that I forgot that Bulldozer's due out soon. I wish that it would hurry up and come out so we can see what it's capable of. I can hold out for about a month before needing to finalize a build, but I'd just like to have some concrete numbers to go off of.

1. Asus 99fx CH V - Probably the bext of the 990FX pack as of now
2. AMD 1090T/1100T or take a 555 BE and wait for the Bulldozer
3. On the case you could look for a lot of options, depending on which look you like, but the best for water cooling on a budget would be a HAFX, CM 840 ATCS, Corsair 800D or even a Xigmatek Elysium. For more money, you could look at a TJ11 or a Lian Li case.
4.GPU - 6970 X 2, try and get the ref models as water cooling them would be easier as the blocks are easily available. Also take a look at the MSI Twin frozr models, but I dont know about blocks for them. Any of the cards would be good enough though. If you want to save some money get ref 6950's instead. The difference is not much.
5. 8GB ram, go for a PSC bsed Gskill kit. most of the 2000/2133/2200 kits with 8-9-8, 9-10-9 etc timings should be PSC. You could also go for a Gskill 1600 Mhz CL8 or CL9 kit.
6.For SSD - OCZ vertex 3, Corsair Force GT or the Crucial M3/M4 lineup would work for the best speeds right now.
7.PSU - I like the Seasonic 850 Gold, but that may not take 4 cards. You can look at the 1200 W Corsair or Antec.

Ugh, I completely forgot about Bulldozer. I've been so busy with my head down looking at stuff for an SB build that I forgot that Bulldozer's due out soon. I wish that it would hurry up and come out so we can see what it's capable of. I can hold out for about a month before needing to finalize a build, but I'd just like to have some concrete numbers to go off of.

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i got bored and just got the SB, didn't want to wait untill end august

I was looking at that board along with Gigabytes UD5 and UD7 Versions and they seem to split off bandwidth when the other slots are occupied by any other PCI E cards, I think GB UD3 and MSIs GD80 are the ones that dont do that. i just wish these board makers would compensate for card that take up 2 slots and make the other slots useable, but i guess they expect users to watercool the vid cards?

Any Input on Enermax?

I mean this machine will be for overclocking and Gaming, I dont benchmark a machine, I would only stress test and game- as regular benchmarking is meaningless to me.

N Bulldozer, wouldnt that be better to just go to the next socket after AM3+? N as of vid cards what ones have been known to have pretty well headroom for OCs, N Heres the Deal about me as of vid cards, I normally go with the Top End Units anymore less the ones below them can go further without breaking, if they dont go considerably further than the Top model then I just go with the top model cuz i know they would be stable at the speed without having to force them.

1. Asus 99fx CH V - Probably the bext of the 990FX pack as of now
2. AMD 1090T/1100T or take a 555 BE and wait for the Bulldozer
3. On the case you could look for a lot of options, depending on which look you like, but the best for water cooling on a budget would be a HAFX, CM 840 ATCS, Corsair 800D or even a Xigmatek Elysium. For more money, you could look at a TJ11 or a Lian Li case.
4.GPU - 6970 X 2, try and get the ref models as water cooling them would be easier as the blocks are easily available. Also take a look at the MSI Twin frozr models, but I dont know about blocks for them. Any of the cards would be good enough though. If you want to save some money get ref 6950's instead. The difference is not much.
5. 8GB ram, go for a PSC bsed Gskill kit. most of the 2000/2133/2200 kits with 8-9-8, 9-10-9 etc timings should be PSC. You could also go for a Gskill 1600 Mhz CL8 or CL9 kit.
6.For SSD - OCZ vertex 3, Corsair Force GT or the Crucial M3/M4 lineup would work for the best speeds right now.
7.PSU - I like the Seasonic 850 Gold, but that may not take 4 cards. You can look at the 1200 W Corsair or Antec.

Dont know if we even get new floppy drives anymore and you will probably need others to reply for the sound card and BD rom drives.

If you want to go with AMD then better off waiting till BD comes out and proves itself or you can prepare for BD and invest in AM3+ setup, using a cheap X2 555.

If you need a PC rightaway then SB is your best bet.

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Pretty much this. Not only that, but it's not like the price of tech is going to go up. In the month or so that it takes BD to come out prices are sure to fall on some stuff. I also wouldn't be surprised if SB processors drop a few $ when it hits regardless of what the benchmarks say. I bought my case now because it had a coupon and a rebate I can take advantage of, and I might buy the Blu-Ray drive since I can get a good price on it, but anything outside of that I don't see the point in buying now. The way Newegg does shell shockers and combo deals it's worth wait to see if a price drops or perhaps buying a couple of parts together could have a nice discount.

I'll gladly put together an Amd rig for you but why not Intel? Sandy Bridge is the best you can get right now for CHEAP

Leaks have also said BD has now been Delayed till October

Edit - Just read what you want. Any amd rig we put together for you will bottleneck a 2 card setup in SLI or Xfire.

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Im not looking for someone to build a machine for me, just a few suggestions, I can build a machine myself, been doin it for some time, just havent focused in over a year now. N thing is im not big on Intels upgrade paths at all.

N About the video card thing I was sayin 1-2 Cards 2 At Most, N Bottlenecks are not a big worry for me.

Im not looking for someone to build a machine for me, just a few suggestions, I can build a machine myself, been doin it for some time, just havent focused in over a year now. N thing is im not big on Intels upgrade paths at all.

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When i said build you a machine i meant i'll recommend specific parts. As for Intel's upgrade path. Current Sandy bridge 1155 sockets will be able to simply drop a 22nm Ivy bridge processor in when they are released in April.

Thanks for the suggestion but for an AMD machine what would u recommend as of parts, I mean ive did a lil research on the top boards from Asus and Gigabyte and it seems the CH 5 V and the UD7/UD5 split off bandwidth.

Thanks for the suggestion but for an AMD machine what would u recommend as of parts, I mean ive did a lil research on the top boards from Asus and Gigabyte and it seems the CH 5 V and the UD7/UD5 split off bandwidth.

only ones I see not doin that is the UD3 from GB and MSI GD80.

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IF i was building an Amd rig...

955 C3 - Should easily do 4.0-4.2Ghz on Air with a D14
Crosshair V - All ready for Bulldozer
G. Skill 8GB DDR3 2133
Pair of 6870's
Corsair 850W for Futureproofing

955 is 99 dollars and a decent processor to hold you over till bulldozer. I had one.. At 4.2Ghz it was decent.

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I just purchased one yesterday for $75 USD brand new, and it's a big upgrade over my 550, and was able to hit 4.1ghz with the stock cooler and it seem stable plays games, and passed prime 95. Good processor, but IMO should just wait till bull dozer.

Yeah...re-think your AMD CPU brand loyalty one more time. They are not the best bang for the buck right now. Sandy Bridge processors destroy any current AMD CPU at gaming and can be overclocked like crazy with the right motherboard on just air. I have nothing against AMD, but that's just the current state of affairs. AMD is making the best video card at this point, but their current CPU's really lag behind Intel. Bulldozer might fix that, but that has yet to be seen. If you have a Microcenter near you, you can get a i5-2500k for $180 and any compatible Intel motherboard for an additional $40 off the sale/rebate price.

Yeah...re-think your AMD CPU brand loyalty one more time. Sandy Bridge processors destroy any current AMD CPU at gaming and can be overclocked like crazy with the right motherboard on just air. I have nothing against AMD, but that's just the current state of affairs. AMD is making the best video card at this point, but their current CPU's really lag behind Intel. Bulldozer might fix that, but that has yet to be seen.

** If you have a Microcenter near you, you can get a i5-2500k for $180 and any compatible Intel motherboard for an additional $40 off the sale/rebate price.

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I agree with this to a point **. At this point anyone who can wait 4-6 weeks for a build should. Even if BD is a flop I wouldn't be surprised if Intel's stuff sees discounts.

But going out and putting together a build based on brand loyalty, locking one's self into a particular architecture, all the while doing so with a "throw away" processor... What's that saying about a fool and his money?